At the edge of Terra Nova National Park, hidden by the forest, a contemporary cabin stands as a challenge to conventional ideals of what a cabin should be. In these parts, a cabin is understood to have a lot of exposed wood – usually pine – often stained in hues of browns and reds. The […]
A garden can be many things. For retired landscape designer Pam Pippy, it is both showcase and testing ground. First created 19 years ago, the main structure has remained much the same. In the beginning there was only lawn and a drawing of the new garden design Pam intended to build. She wanted a display […]
The kitchen was a problem. Cramped, dated, and not functioning the way it should, it was an uncomfortable space that didn’t fit the needs of a family who enjoyed entertaining. The family called in Clarenville-based design pro Jamie Chaulk of Damon James Design to solve their problem. Jamie urged the couple to go ahead with […]
John Sweetland, a fisherman with deep family roots in Bonavista, built this house for himself in about 1874. He used rope and oakum to seal the house from drafts, and raised seven children in the home. His youngest, James, inherited the home in 1914 and decided to add the double peaked front to mimic the […]
Head into Summerville and you can’t miss it. It’s yellow and different. Those are the instructions for finding Stratford Canning’s seasonal home in this small fishing village on the Bonavista Peninsula. Although it won’t be mistaken for a traditional Newfoundland home, it was heavily influenced by outport Newfoundland styles. Inspired by the fishing stages and […]
Simplicity was one of the things Michael Harrington and Evelyn Reid were looking for when they considered building a house in Admiral’s Cove. But they also wanted something personal that fit with who they were and what they wanted. Their only option, as they saw it, was to commission architect Robert Mellin to design their […]
In 1893, the LeMessurier family built a house in the centre of St. John’s with commanding views of the harbour and narrows from the large bay windows, stacked in two columns and rising three storeys. From 1893 until the early 1960s, the house was owned and lived in by members of the same family. It […]
Baine Harbour, on the Burin Peninsula, is the sort of place where the docks are lined with fishing boats, both big and small. It’s the sort of place where people live, quite literally, on the water. Take, for instance, Marie Bishop’s recent renovation project that transformed an old house and store shed into an expansive […]
“It’s just comfort. As soon as you come in it’s relaxation,” says Paul when asked what he likes most about living in a log home. Open the door to this home in the middle of Paradise and the smell of cut wood washes over you. The long view is a stained glass door, framed by […]
Melanie Hamilton’s living room is unlike any other. Not because of the room itself, but because of the furniture, much of it made by Melanie in her Wooden Leg Studio shop. She has had her works exhibited at several galleries and showrooms, and trained at both the Centre of Furniture Craftsmanship and Sheridan College’s furniture […]
